Provide information on private well water safety, promotion of sealing abandoned wells within the DWSMA and information to farmers and companies about tank management.
Purchase and install permanent static water level transducers in all City wells. Prepare and distribute wellhead newsletter to all property owners in the DWSMA. Conduct water festival
Review existing water utility ordinance, assess the need for additional controls and update the ordinance language and compose and distribute Wellhead Protection Newsletter for property owners within the DWSMA
Support Water Festival, educate residents about potential contaminant sources; Distribute educational materials about WHP efforts; Payment to agricultural producers to convert crop land to native grasses
Educational materials about well sealing and drinking water; Develop WHP website; Sponsor Middle Sauk Water Festival; Promote water conservation to residents
Identify unsealed and unused wells within the DWSMA; Providing education to students; Membership dues to join Central MN Water Education Alliance; and locating 5 old wells.
Cities to work in partnership with the Meeker Soil and Water Conservation District and Pheasants Forever to distribute information to landowners eligibly for easement programs; Participate in the Riccori water festival to advance children's education on p
Train 4th grade students at Water Festival about groundwater, water chemistry and water conservation. Provide Spill Response training to city staff and city council.
Identify unused unused/unsealed wells within the DWSMA. Educate students living within the DWSMA and support annual children's water festival. Groundwater newsletter educating residents on the proper management of potential contaminant sources.
Investigate options to redirect and treat stormwater flow; Educate public about storage tanks, spills and leaks; Training on spill response for City maintenance staff, Fire Department and Sheriff's office
Seal abandoned, 14 unused public wells; Update GIS well database; Educate students; Water festival; Educate storage tank owners; Develop "Groundwater News" newsletter
This project will support the review of all public comments submitted for the Buffalo Creek TMDL and make appropriate edits and changes to the draft TMDL based on MPCA guidance.
Phase I built the foundation for the South Fork Crow River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) and created a civic engagement plan. Civic engagement strategies were identified to create greater communication and watershed activities. Phase II provided the analytical and strategic foundation essential to prescribing protection and restoration strategies. These strategies focus on both protecting current fully supporting and restoring impaired surface water resources to water quality standards in the South Fork watershed.
This project will develop Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) allocations and complete a final draft TMDL report for the five lake impairments listed for the South Fork Crow River Watershed.
The South Fork Crow River Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan (SFCR CMWP) identifies priority concerns, short-term and long-term goals for drainage water management, loss of water storage and altered hydrology, nutrient loading to surface waters, wind and water erosion, and soil health. Through the plan, specific details for structural and management practices are described in the implementation schedule for each of the planning regions and priority areas.
